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Old December 3rd, 2005, 03:36 AM   #1
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Default DirectX 10...and so it ends @ .softpedia

There are troubled times ahead. Through one bold move, Microsoft has decided that it will not support, the already too “old” DirectX 9, not to mention DirectX 8 or any of the previous versions. But... it appears to be some logic hidden somewhere.

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Old December 3rd, 2005, 02:31 PM   #2
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Dropping support for dx 9 and older sounds like a good move. Constantly keeping things backwards compatible only make thing complicated, slower and more error prone.
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Old December 3rd, 2005, 03:48 PM   #3
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I agree with you Elzooi , but i also agree that it will clean our wallets once again.
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Old December 3rd, 2005, 08:03 PM   #4
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Don`t know about that, a lot of recent games and even "new" games wont work
anymore, but then again im sure some one will make a directx warpper
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